Year 11 Stepping Up - Ormiston Sandwell Community...
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YEAR 11 STEPPING UPFriday, 23 September 2016
2017 - THE YEAR THAT DECIDES YOUR FUTURE
‘Currently one in five employers (22%) would not
recruit someone with less than five GCSE’s’
Learning Skills Council
‘Research shows employers will pay an extra £3,261
per year to new staff with 5 A*- C GCSEs compared
to someone with no qualifications.’
Learning Skills Council
Because by 2020 there will be 3 million fewer lower
skilled jobs in the UK and …
... there will be a 50% increase in the number of jobs
which need high level skills.
TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT THAT YOU CHOOSE HOW YOU GET THERE
CHOOSE YOUR TICKET TO THE FUTUREFirst Class?
Third Class?
Second Class?
Some important numbers for you
46 School Days until your
December mock exams
130 School Days until your Actualexams
• You are beginning the final year of your compulsory education.
• Make the most of every opportunity you have.
• Always aim to do your best, whether it be coursework, homework, classwork or exams.
• Your teachers will provide you with the knowledge and skills that you need to succeed.
• Only YOU can turn the knowledge and skills into exam grades – Your ticket to the future.
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO
• Full offer of study support for y11 students at lunch and after school
(please collect you study support timetables before you leave)
• L4S Booster Sessions – Year 11 Tutor Groups
• Subject Interventions
• Revision Guides
• Holiday masterclasses
• Lesson visits – aim to be the best when we come knocking!
WHO CAN HELP?
• Heads and Assistant Heads of House
• Curriculum Leaders
• Class Teachers
• Tutors
• Keep an active
interest in what your
child is doing.
• Discuss future plans
and career options.
Help your child to stay
motivated.
• Keep up to date in terms of
examination changes.
• Attend Parents evenings and
Target setting Day.
• Be prepared to contact Us
outside of these times when
necessary.
ARE GCSES BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT ?
• The amount of marks needed to achieve certain grades has risen over the last few years.
•Questions have become less structured and increasingly complex (move beyond description to evaluation, compare and contrast, weighing up evidence, giving examples in context.)
•A higher degree of literacy is required in understanding of what is being asked -understanding of the command words and key subject vocabulary.
GCSE ENGLISHMR NEDJAT
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE AQA 8700 8702
Two exams for language
Totalling 3 hours and 30 minutes -
both 50%
Full mock has already been
undertaken to provide
diagnostic
Separate endorsement of S&L
counts as 0% to GCSE
Only one tier exam
According to Renaissance
Learning the average reading
age of the GCSE exam is 15 years
Timed practice crucial
Reading meaningful texts
Key
considerations:
-Learn correct
terminology
-Explain and
explore the
effects of
language
-Read a range of
texts
-Effective time
management
-Begin early
revision through
timed responses
and familiarity
with text types
-Complete S&L
activity
Two exams – one worth an
extra 20% more
Exam time for both
qualifications: 7 hours and
30 minutes (excluding S&L)
Our texts are Much Ado
about Nothing and Jekyll
and Hyde for Paper 1
For Paper 2 our texts are An
Inspector Calls and Conflict
poetry (15 poems)
Content heavy – delivered
in year 10 but needs revision
in year 11
One tier – no texts allowed
in the exam
Key considerations:
-Learn correct terminology
-Content heavy – know all the texts – revise
early
--Effective time management
-Secondary reading of texts
-Learn key quotes
-Annotate poetry anthology
-Learn to be analytical with unseen poems
-Appreciate the time periods in which the
texts were written
-Understand authorial intention
Study Support sessions Thursday afterschool
Online material on student drive
Course materials provided
Range of mocks to take place
GCSE MATHSMR QAMAR
MATHS GCSE CHANGES 2017
NEW MORE DEMANDING GCSEGRADES 1 TO 9
3 EXAM PAPERS
MATHSExam grades from Summer 2016 given out earlier this week
Mock exam to take place in October – dates tbc
Further mock exam in December during mock season
GCSE exams
Paper 1 (Non Calculator)
1 hour 30 mins
Thursday 25th May 2017
Paper 2 (Calculator)
1 hour 30 mins
Tuesday 13th June 2017
Paper 3 (Calculator)
1 hour 30 mins
Thursday 8th June 2017
100% EXAMNo Coursework
MATHS SUPPORT• Tuesday afternoon support sessions
• Half Term & Easter Booster Classes
• 6 Week Mathswatch Revision programme
• MATHSWATCH VLE
• GCSE PAST PAPERS - regular practice
• New specimen exam papers from Edexcel
• MYMATHS
• SAM LEARNING
• CGP REVISION GUIDES
GCSE SCIENCEMR. TOMLINSON & MR. HILL
SCIENCE AQA GCSE Science course ( All 6 exams in May/June 2017 )
Biology 1 Exam Chemistry 1 Exam Physics 1 Exam Coursework
25% 16-05 25% 18-05 25% 24-05 25%
Biology 2 Exam Chemistry 2 Exam Physics 2 Exam Coursework
25% 09-06 25% 14-06 25% 16-06 25%
Biology 3 Exam Chemistry 3 Exam Physics 3 Exam Coursework
25% 09-06 25% 14-06 25% 16-06 25%
Core
Science
Additional
Science
Triple
Science
SCIENCE SUPPORT Key points: –
GCSE exam board is AQA
Materials
• Revision guides: Collins Core & Additional Science (available from Mr. Tomlinson for £3)
• BBC GCSE bitesize
• My-gcsescience.com
• Kerboodle
• SAM learning
THE SCIENCE TEAM – HERE TO SUPPORT
Miss Bano
STEM club
Mr Hill
Lead
Practitioner
Mr Nguyen
Assistant
Curriculum Leader
Mr Beattie
Progress Director
KS4 Science
Miss Moyo
Teacher
Mr Tiso
Literacy
Champion
Mr Tomlinson
Curriculum
Leader
Miss Price
Teacher
SCIENCE CAREERS• Engineering (482)
• Information Technology (455)
• Biology (439)
• Molecular Biology (385)
• Biochemistry (364)
• Chemistry (236)
• Genetics (224)
• Genomics (208)
• Bioinformatics (206)
• Cell Biology (204)
• Computer Sciences (200)
Also over 30 industrial science companies in Sandwell are offering
apprenticeships and placements for degree-level students
• Immunology (177)
• Biomedical Sciences (148)
• Neuroscience (136)
• Microbiology (133)
• Computational Biology (123)
• Physics (115)
• Cancer Research (105)
• Developmental Biology (103)
• Biotechnology (89)
• Healthcare (89)
• Evolutionary Biology (66)
• Virology (60)
• Medicine (89)
• Environmental Science (85)
• Oncology (85)
• Physiology (83)
• Clinical Medicine (76)
• Pharmacology (73)
• Biophysics (71)
• Forensic Science (70)
• Translational Research (69)
• Stem Cells (68)
• Bioengineering (67)
• Structural Biology (67)
GCSE GEOGRAPHYMR. KETTLE
Effort = Success
Specification A
GEOGRAPHY GCSE
OverviewThe course is broken
down into 6 units and one controlled assessment.
Assessment
Development
Coasts
Population
Paper 1 -37.5%
3 topics –plate
tectonics, coasts and
rivers
Exam Date:Mid May
2017
Paper 2
37.5%
3 topics –
Developmen
t, tourism
and
Population
Exam Date:
June 2017
CCACoursework
25%
Provisional deadline –
October half term
AQA submission deadline –
7th May 2017
SUPPORT FOR THE YEAR AHEAD….
Half term 1 Half term 2 Half term 3 Half term 4
Exam Season
Events
Complete Coursework
tasks
First CCA submission
October half term
MOCK EXAM
CCA completion
MOCK EXAM
Exam skillsData / graphs / analysis of
maps
Exam skills –decoding and
structuring extended
writing questions
Support
Revisionsessions after school Fridays
Two week CCA
interventionfor final
submission
Geography Revision sessions
based on QLA
Intervention sessions based on
exam diagnostics
Creation of revision
materials
Structured revision
program after school –
Aiming for an A*
Creation of revision
materials
Geography Revision Pack Location
Student Drive – Geography – Geography Revision Pack
CGP KS3 Geography Complete Study & Practice (with online
edition) £5.50
Collins GCSE Essentials - AQA Geography: Revision Guide £4.99
GCSE HISTORYMISS MADELEY
Specification
A
HISTORY GCSE
OverviewThe course is broken
down into 2 units and one controlled assessment.
Assessment
Paper 1 45%
2 Hours
Medicine Through Time
&Nazi Germany
Exam Date:Monday 5th
June AM
Paper 230%
1 hour 30 mins
Historical Source InvestigationBritish Public
Health 1800-1914
Exam Date: Wednesday 14th
June PM
Controlled Assessment
2,000 words!
Coursework25%
Deadline –Christmas 2016
SUPPORT FOR THE YEAR AHEAD….
Half term 1 Half term 2 Half term 3 Half term 4
Exam Season
Events
CompleteMedicine Through
Time.
Begin study of Warwick
Castle.
MOCK EXAM
Controlled Assessment completion
MOCK EXAM
Exam skills-content
Exam skills –decoding and
structuring extended
writing questions
Support
Revisionsessions after
school ThursdaysGM & SK
Ongoing all year
Revision packs
distributed
Intervention sessions based on
exam diagnostics
Small group sessions.
Structured revision
program after school –
Aiming for an A*
History Revision Pack Location
Student Drive –Humanities–History Revision
ANDwww.hodderplus.co.uk/myrev
isionnotes
Hodder Education ‘My Revision Notes’.
£7.99 or reduced in the Academy.
There are many revision books available but this is
the ONLY ONE written exclusively for our
specification!
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING
• Please use the rest of this evening to take the opportunity speak with Curriculum Leaders, our
Academic Mentors or a member of our SLT.
• I will be available for any specific questions.